December 30, 2010

• The death of Sylvie Cachay, the swimsuit designer found dead in a bathtub at the Soho House in early December, has been ruled a homicide — she was killed “by a combination of strangulation and drowning.” Her ex-boyfriend Nick Brooks has been charged with the crime. [NYP]

• The luckiest of the people stranded by cancelled flights and airport closings were those who knew how to tweet, apparently. If you got a new flight that way, kudos — you’re one in like 8 percent of people who know what that little bird can do, and you’re probably online right now! [NYT]